Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI:The Works of John Cassian.: Chapter VII. A question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.

Chapter VII.

A question whether the man who causes the death of a good man is guilty, if the good man is the gainer by his death.

Germanus: Well then, if a good man does not only suffer no evil by being killed, but actually gains a reward from his suffering, how can we accuse the man who has done him no harm but good by killing him?